Decolonizing Thought
Peru on the Brink: Lame-Duck Congress Pushes Bill to Militarize Indigenous Territories
FROM THE EDITORS: Peru’s democracy is still in crisis while voters await confirmation of Pedro Castillo as president, scheduled to occur between July 19 and 20, just one week before taking office. The...
Mapuche Weychafe Moira Millán Speaks Out Against Racism, Terricide
FROM THE EDITORS: On March 14, 2021, a group of indigenous women in Patagonia left for Buenos Aires to launch a campaign to call for the typification of “terricide” as a crime against humanity. Moira ...
#FuturosIndígenas: New Initiative Seeks to Transform Narratives for Climate Justice
A new communications collective that seeks to challenge and transform narratives for climate justice began its work the first week in June with a great enthusiasm and a warm welcome from local groups....
Complementary Duality and the Popol vuj: Patriarchy, capitalism, and dispossession
SOURCE: Originally published and with authorization of La Revista de la Universidad de México, and the authors. English translation by Awasqa. Interview by Yásnaya Aguilar to Aura Cumes YÁSNAYA: From ...
Chile: Constitutional Assembly Process Mired in Inequity for Indigenous Nations
FROM THE EDITORS: This weekend, May 15 and 16, Chileans will return to the voting booth to elect 155 delegates that will convene to draft a new Constitution to replace the one drafted in 1980 under Pi...
Pachamama, Pachamamistas, and Other Labels: A Few Notes of Caution
In political debates in general, as well as in discussions about development strategies, it is very common to appeal to generalized and, therefore, ambiguous labels. Among the best known cases are the...
The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance
FROM THE EDITORS: This article was originally published in Emergence Magazine. We are grateful to them, who have authorized its publication and translation into Spanish in Awasqa. The cool breath of e...
Thinking the World from Bolivia
FROM THE EDITORS: Bolivia, before Evo, during his government and even after the coup, is a complex universe understood best by those who live its daily dynamic reality. That is why we turn to Rafael B...
The Neocolonial Mayan Train
Marxist theory is built upon a critique of the accumulation of capital in the hands of the bourgeoisie, through the exploitation of workers, for which Karl Marx visualizes a solution of redistribution...